Reviews of jEdit for Windows

1. 
   anonymouscowturd

   Reviewing 4.3 pre17 (Jul 7, 2009)

   This was and still is a brilliant editor. The only issue i have with this is the speed of development which is a tad slower than continental drift. It's been about 2 years since the last major update if i recall correctly. That said this is still absolutely solid i've never had any big problems with it other than the odd plugin that is outdated.
2. 
   Nahkanunna

   Reviewing 4.3pre16 Beta (Nov 20, 2008)

   roj: use the following to start it up: (with modifications to your specific environment) there's some issues with paint speed, but this at least cures it for me:
   
   E:\Progs\base\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin\javaw.exe -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Xms64M -Xmx192M -jar "e:\progs\jedit.jar" -reuseview
   
   Quality work as always, plugins enhance it the same way Firefox, TB etc. NIce
3. 
   anonymouscowturd

   Reviewing 4.3pre16 Beta (Nov 20, 2008)

   @Roj,
   
   if you turn off the installed theme and just use the Windows native theme everything is fine. You're right though, if you do use any of the skin themes e.g. Metal etc, it really does slow down the repaint.
   
   @Nighted,
   Yeah, it is really unfair. And truthfully speaking i think the .Net framework is streets ahead of Java as well.
   Anway for this editor if you spend some time configuring it i think you'll find it is simply head and shoulders above any of the other OS native editors out there.
   
   Back to the review or sorts. This version seems to have a few problems updating plugins. Everyelse though seems fine.
4. 
   Nighted

   Reviewing 4.3pre16 Beta (Nov 19, 2008)

   Blah...I hate java apps. Tried this before, it's horrible! Ok if you're on Linux though, as if you really have much else to chose from.
   
   One thing I never see is people complaining about having to install java, but all the time people b**** about .NET.
5. 
   roj

   Reviewing 4.3pre15 (Aug 12, 2008)

   One word:
   
   UGH!
   
   Screen repaint speed is ridiculous.
   
   Then again, what do you expect form Java.
   
   Machine was a Athlon64 4400+ w/4Gb and an ATI X800 under XP SP3.
   
   THREE stars.

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